Bill Watterson is the man who gave us Calvin and Hobbes, 1/2 of the greatest duo that ever graced newspaper's comics pages. The other being Gary Larson aka The Far Side. Don't know what a newspaper is? Ask your parents, but for a time they were well-respected and read by kids of all ages, mostly for their comics page (and for me, the sports stats page). I haven't read a newspaper-based comic in over a decade as the last i read them it seemed targeted towards people that either a) could not yet read or b) thought knock-knock jokes were too controversial.
Watterson retired his way and he is the primary reason why toy markets are not flooded with Calvin and Hobbes toys/merchandise/junk. He's the anti-Jim Davis. He wanted to go out on top and he did. Maybe one day Calvin and Hobbes will come back, but maybe not. Either way we should find peace with that.
This was grabbed off this website; http://zenpencils.com/comic/128-bill-watterson-a-cartoonists-advice which in itself looks to be a great and interesting person trying to live his dream in the changing digital world. The words are Bill Watterson's, the artwork is by Gavin Than which you can see is heavily influenced by Calvin and Hobbes. Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.
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